Satellite drifts were investigated for a tangential impulse, a normal impulse, and a combination of both. The impulses were applied to twin-launched satellites to attain a nodal difference between the two polar orbits. In order to attain a nodal difference of 90 deg in 90 days, the propulsion requirement for an initial 1100 km circular orbit is 2.6 km/s. Such extremely powerful orbital maneuver systems appear too heavy for launch vehicles. The maneuvers can therefore be considered for fine km per second orbit adjustment.
Orbital Plane Drift Maneuvers for Twin-Launched Earth Observation Satellites Untersuchungen ueber Bahnebenen Drift Manoever fuer Zwillings-Gestartete Erdbeobachtungssatelliten
1977
19 pages
Report
No indication
English
Control of Orbital Drift of Geostationary Tethered Satellites
Online Contents | 1994
|Optimal aeroassisted maneuvers for orbital plane change
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1993
|